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Essay 2025 125 marks 1000 words

Truth knows no color.

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Essay 2025 125 marks 1000 words

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

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Essay 2025 125 marks 1000 words

Thought finds a world and creates one also.

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Essay 2025 125 marks 1000 words

Best lessons are learnt through bitter experiences.

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Essay 2025 125 marks 1000 words

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

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Essay 2025 125 marks 1000 words

The years teach much which the days never know.

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Essay 2025 125 marks 1000 words

It is best to see life as a journey, not as a destination.

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Essay 2025 125 marks 1000 words

Contentment is natural wealth; luxury is artificial poverty.

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Essay 2024 125 marks 1000 words

Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them.

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Essay 2024 125 marks 1000 words

The empires of the future will be the empires of the mind.

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Essay 2024 125 marks 1000 words

There is no path to happiness; happiness is the path.

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Essay 2024 125 marks 1000 words

The doubter is a true man of science.

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Essay 2024 125 marks 1000 words

Social media is triggering 'Fear of Missing Out' (FOMO) amongst the youth, precipitating depression and loneliness.

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Essay 2024 125 marks 1000 words

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but to test the character, give him power.

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Essay 2024 125 marks 1000 words

All ideas having large consequences are always simple.

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Essay 2024 125 marks 1000 words

The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.

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Essay 2023 125 marks 1000 words

Thinking is like a game, it does not begin unless there is an opposite team.

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Essay 2023 125 marks 1000 words

Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic.

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Essay 2023 125 marks 1000 words

Not all who wander are lost.

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Essay 2023 125 marks 1000 words

Inspiration for creativity springs from the effort to look for the magical in the mundane.

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Essay 2023 125 marks 1000 words

Girls are weighed down by restrictions, boys with demands – two equally harmful disciplines.

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Essay 2023 125 marks 1000 words

Mathematics is the music of reason.

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Essay 2023 125 marks 1000 words

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.

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Essay 2023 125 marks 1000 words

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

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Essay 2022 125 marks 1000 words

Forests are the best case studies for economic excellence.

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Essay 2022 125 marks 1000 words

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

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Essay 2022 125 marks 1000 words

History is a series of victories won by the scientific man over the romantic man.

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Essay 2022 125 marks 1000 words

A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ship is for.

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Essay 2022 125 marks 1000 words

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

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Essay 2022 125 marks 1000 words

You cannot step twice in the same river.

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Essay 2022 125 marks 1000 words

A smile is the chosen vehicle for all ambiguities.

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Essay 2022 125 marks 1000 words

Just because you have a choice, it does not mean that any of them has to be right.

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Essay 2021 125 marks 1000 words

The process of self-discovery has now been technologically outsourced.

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Essay 2021 125 marks 1000 words

Your perception of me is a reflection of you; my reaction to you is an awareness of me.

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Essay 2021 125 marks 1000 words

Philosophy of wantlessness is Utopian, while materialism is a chimera.

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Essay 2021 125 marks 1000 words

The real is rational and the rational is real.

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Essay 2021 125 marks 1000 words

Hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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Essay 2021 125 marks 1000 words

What is research, but a blind date with knowledge!

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Essay 2021 125 marks 1000 words

History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.

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Essay 2021 125 marks 1000 words

There are better practices to “best practices”.

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Essay 2020 125 marks 1000 words

Life is a long journey between human being and being humane.

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Essay 2020 125 marks 1000 words

Mindful manifesto is the catalyst to a tranquil self.

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Essay 2020 125 marks 1000 words

Ships do not sink because of water around them, ships sink because of water that gets into them.

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Essay 2020 125 marks 1000 words

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

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Essay 2020 125 marks 1000 words

Culture is what we are, civilization is what we have.

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Essay 2020 125 marks 1000 words

There can be no social justice without economic prosperity but economic prosperity without social justice is meaningless.

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Essay 2020 125 marks 1000 words

Patriarchy is the least noticed yet the most significant structure of social inequality.

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Essay 2020 125 marks 1000 words

Technology as the silent factor in international relations.

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Essay 2019 125 marks 1000 words

Wisdom finds truth.

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Essay 2019 125 marks 1000 words

Values are not what humanity is, but what humanity ought to be.

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Essay 2019 125 marks 1000 words

Best for an individual is not necessarily best for the society.

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Essay 2019 125 marks 1000 words

Courage to accept and dedication to improve are two keys to success.

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Essay 2019 125 marks 1000 words

South-Asian societies are woven not around the state, but around their plural cultures and plural identities.

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Essay 2019 125 marks 1000 words

Neglect of primary healthcare and education in India are reasons for its backwardness.

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Essay 2019 125 marks 1000 words

Biased media is a real threat to Indian Democracy.

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Essay 2019 125 marks 1000 words

Rise of Artificial Intelligence: the threat of jobless future or better job opportunities through reskilling and upskilling.

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Essay 2018 125 marks 1000 words

Alternative technologies for a climate change resilient India.

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Essay 2018 125 marks 1000 words

A good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

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Essay 2018 125 marks 1000 words

Poverty anywhere is a threat to prosperity everywhere.

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Essay 2018 125 marks 1000 words

Management of Indian border disputes - a complex task.

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Essay 2018 125 marks 1000 words

Customary morality cannot be a guide to modern life.

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Essay 2018 125 marks 1000 words

“The past” is a permanent dimension of human consciousness and values.

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Essay 2018 125 marks 1000 words

A people that values its privileges above its principles loses both.

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Essay 2018 125 marks 1000 words

Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.

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Essay 2017 125 marks 1000 words

Farming has lost the ability to be a source of subsistence for majority of farmers in India.

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Essay 2017 125 marks 1000 words

Impact of the new economic measures on fiscal ties between the union and states in India.

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Essay 2017 125 marks 1000 words

Destiny of a nation is shaped in its classrooms.

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Essay 2017 125 marks 1000 words

Has the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM) lost its relevance in a multipolar world?

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Essay 2017 125 marks 1000 words

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

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Essay 2017 125 marks 1000 words

Fulfillment of 'new woman' in India is a myth.

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Essay 2017 125 marks 1000 words

We may brave human laws but cannot resist natural laws.

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Essay 2017 125 marks 1000 words

Social media is inherently a selfish medium.

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Essay 2016 125 marks 1000 words

If development is not engendered, it is endangered.

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Essay 2016 125 marks 1000 words

Need brings greed, if greed increases it spoils breed.

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Essay 2016 125 marks 1000 words

Water disputes between states in federal India.

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Essay 2016 125 marks 1000 words

Innovation is the key determinant of economic growth and social welfare.

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Essay 2016 125 marks 1000 words

Cooperative federalism: Myth or reality.

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Essay 2016 125 marks 1000 words

Cyberspace and internet: Blessing or curse to the human civilization in the long run.

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Essay 2016 125 marks 1000 words

Near jobless growth in India: An anomaly or an outcome of economic reforms.

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Essay 2016 125 marks 1000 words

Digital economy: A leveller or a source of economic inequality.

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Essay 2015 125 marks 1000 words

Lending hands to someone is better than giving a dole.

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Essay 2015 125 marks 1000 words

Quick but steady wins the race.

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Essay 2015 125 marks 1000 words

Character of an institution is reflected in its leader.

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Essay 2015 125 marks 1000 words

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make a man more clever devil.

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Essay 2015 125 marks 1000 words

Technology cannot replace manpower.

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Essay 2015 125 marks 1000 words

Crisis faced in India – moral or economic.

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Essay 2015 125 marks 1000 words

Dreams which should not let India sleep.

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Essay 2015 125 marks 1000 words

Can capitalism bring inclusive growth?

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Essay 2014 125 marks 1000 words

With greater power comes greater responsibility.

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Essay 2014 125 marks 1000 words

Is the growing level of competition good for the youth?

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Essay 2014 125 marks 1000 words

Are the standardized tests a good measure of academic ability or progress?

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Essay 2014 125 marks 1000 words

Words are sharper than the two-edged sword.

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Essay 2014 125 marks 1000 words

Has policy paralysis or implementation paralysis slowed down India’s growth?

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Essay 2014 125 marks 1000 words

Do sting operations invade privacy?

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Essay 2014 125 marks 1000 words

Can India win 50 gold medals in the Olympics?

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Essay 2014 125 marks 1000 words

Can tourism be the next big thing for India?

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Essay 2013 250 marks 2500 words

Be the change you want to see in others.

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Essay 2013 250 marks 2500 words

Is the Colonial mentality hindering India's success?

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Essay 2013 250 marks 2500 words

GDP (Gross Domestic Product) along with GDH (Gross Domestic Happiness) would be the right indices for judging the well-being of a country.

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Essay 2013 250 marks 2500 words

Science and technology for growth and security.

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